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Political machines, or in your case, machines, are referred to as political organizations in which a boss runs the politics of an area. Precinct is a term used to organize areas of a city, lobbyist are people advocating with the intention to induce change, and legislature is the group of people who pass laws and ordinances in a city. Therefore, the only logical answer would be...
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D: Belief that human problems are solvable throughout science and technology alone
The best and most correct answer among the choices provided by the question is the second choice. <span>The act that forbade the issue of presidential orders to the army without going through the General of the Army was the was the Fifteenth Amendment. </span>I hope my answer has come to your help. God bless and have a nice day ahead!